What herbs to use for itchy skin

Skin itching is a common symptom in life, mostly caused by skin diseases. When itching occurs, you must not scratch it with your hands to avoid skin infection and even worsening of the symptoms. You can use certain methods to relieve the itching. If it is more serious, you can use herbal medicine to clean the itchy areas of the skin to achieve a good antipruritic effect.

Creeping sedge

Creepingwort, the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried whole herb of the Crassulaceae plant Crassulaceae, and is a commonly used herbal medicine widely circulated among the people. Sweet, light and cool. It has the effects of removing dampness and jaundice, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is often used for jaundice caused by damp heat, difficulty urinating, carbuncles and ulcers. The whole plant is used as medicine, and it is very effective in relieving itching caused by snake and insect bites. After washing and drying, you can put it in the bath water and use it for bathing. It can effectively treat skin itching.

purslane

Purslane is an annual herb commonly found in the fields. When the skin is itchy or after mosquito bites, crush the branches and leaves and apply them directly to the affected area to relieve the itching. You can also wash them and boil them in boiling water for 15 minutes, wait until they cool, and then scrub the itchy skin. Purslane can reduce skin redness and swelling, relieve itching, and control infection.

Mint

Mint is a plant of the Lamiaceae family, mostly grown in mountain wetlands and beside rivers. It tastes spicy and is cool in nature. It has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying, clearing the head and eyes, relieving sore throat, promoting rash, and soothing the liver and relieving depression. Mint is usually used instead of tea to clear the mind and improve eyesight. It can also be boiled in water and used for external washing to treat neuralgia, skin itching, rash and eczema.

Gray vegetable

Chenopodium album is an annual herb of the Chenopodiaceae family. It grows in wasteland, roadsides and hillsides and is distributed throughout the country. The seedlings and tender stems and leaves are edible and have the effects of clearing heat, promoting dampness and killing insects. When used externally, boil the gray vegetable into soup and use it to clean the itchy areas. Or you can mash the leaves and apply them on the affected area to relieve itching. It is often used to treat dysentery, diarrhea, eczema, pruritus, insect bites and other diseases.

Solanum nigrum fruit

Solanum nigrum fruit, annual herb, dicotyledonous plant. Solanum nigrum fruit is actually the fruit of Solanum nigrum. It looks like grapes, so it is also called wild grapes in southern Hebei. The fruit can be eaten when it is ripe. It mainly has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. It can cure various heat-related skin itching and carbuncles. Take an appropriate amount of Solanum nigrum fruit, grind it into a paste, and apply it to the itchy area. Or you can boil it into soup and use it to wash the itchy areas.

Mugwort is a perennial herb or slightly semi-shrub with a strong aroma. Using mugwort to remove dampness and relieve itching has many benefits. The whole plant is used as medicine, which has the effects of warming the meridians, removing dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, relieving inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, stabilizing pregnancy and anti-allergic. Mugwort can be pounded into moxa sticks and moxa cones, which can be used to dispel cold, relieve pain and warm the qi and blood through external moxibustion. It can also be boiled in water for external washing to treat eczema, scabies, and to relieve dampness and itching.

Senecio

Senecio radiata is an herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. It grows in grass on hillsides, under sparse woods, on the edges of woods, on roadsides, and on ditches. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, improving eyesight, and relieving itching. Take an appropriate amount of Senecio radiata (double the amount for fresh ones), add water and boil for 15-30 minutes, wait for the liquid to be at a suitable temperature, fumigate first and then wash, apply once in the morning and evening every day, and it will be effective after 2-3 days of continuous use.